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Rising to the Challenge: “This independent report was commissioned by Savvis and conducted by Vanson Bourne in April 2010. The research surveyed CIOs, IT Directors and Heads of IT in the U.S., U.K. and Singapore from medium to large enterprises and the public sector…Our 2010 survey findings revealed that a large percentage of organizations are …
Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online, by Marc Parry “Colleges that wouldn’t dare put up a new building without wheelchair access now routinely roll out digital services that, for blind people, are the Internet equivalent of impassable stairs. Roughly 75,000 students at colleges and trade schools are visually impaired, according to Education Department figures. Barriers …
25 Point Implementation Plan To Reform Federal Information Technology Management, Vivek Kundra U.S. Chief Information Officer, December 9, 2010 “Information technology should enable government to better serve the American people. But despite spending more than $600 billion on information technology over the past decade, the Federal Government has achieved little of the productivity improvements that …
LLRX.com – ShoppingBots and Online Shopping Resources 2011 Marcus P. Zillman’s guide arrives in time for holiday shopping, and comprises a comprehensive listing of shoppingbot and online shopping resources and sites on the Internet. Comparison shopping for books, electronics, gadgets, clothing, green products, hotels? Looking for coupons, discounts, vouchers or last minute deals? Do you …
Cloud computing: the latest chapter in an epic journey, Posted by Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO – “On Tuesday, we announced a number of updates to Chrome and Chrome OS. For me, these announcements were among the most important of my working lifedemonstrating the real power of computer science to transform peoples lives. Its extraordinary …
8% of online Americans use Twitter, Aaron Smith, Senior Research Specialist, Lee Rainie, Director, 12/9/2010: “Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. It is an online activity that is particularly popular with young adults, minorities, and those who live in cities.”
Official YouTubeBlog: “Your creativity isnt bound by a time limit, so why should your video uploads be? Back in July we raised the upload limit to 15 minutes for all users. Starting today, well begin allowing selected users with a history of complying with the YouTube Community Guidelines and our copyright rules to upload videos …
Google’s first Chrome OS laptop – the Cr-48: “This is a tough one to sum up. It’s not a “real” product, in the sense that you can’t buy it. Still, it represents the infancy of a series of products that will be very real and probably pretty well priced. We can already see some reasons …
FT.com: Facebooks grand plan for the future: “This is a somewhat different Mark Zuckerberg to the one the public knew just a year ago. In recent months he has transformed from an awkward wunderkind with a preternatural ability to anticipate where the web is going, into an amicable executive unafraid of laying out his grand …
Follow up to WikiLeaks Releases Secret US Embassy Cables, this news release: “The news media are reporting today, accurately, that the Library of Congress is blocking access to the Wikileaks site across its computer systems, including those for use by patrons in the reading rooms. I wanted to provide here the same statement weve been …
Escaping from Microsofts Protected Mode Internet Explorer – Evaluating a potential security boundary, November 2010 “In Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a new browser security feature called Protected Mode. According to Microsoft, this mechanism significantly reduces the ability of an attack [against Internet Explorer] to write, alter or destroy data on the …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission, the nations chief privacy policy and enforcement agency for 40 years, issued a preliminary staff report today that proposes a framework to balance the privacy interests of consumers with innovation that relies on consumer information to develop beneficial new products and services. The proposed report also suggests implementation of …
